Someone that implies (or says) that because their hair or skin is darker than yours, that they are tougher than you by default, even if they are from further outside a city than you are, or have more money than you do.
There are posers who are from a city, and there are posers who are from outside a city. Some have fair skin and hair, some have dark skin and hair. So really it's a matter of more than just where somebody is from alone.
by Solid Mantis April 14, 2021

A person whose likeness is used in place of an authors true likeness in order to protect their privacy and/or appear to be something they are not such that they may be able to speak to certain issues they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
The author was so ugly he hired me to be his ghost poser. Now I’m on the back of every copy of his book 😎
by Cedar Eizen December 12, 2022

Someone who acts just to keep up with a stereotype, and later instead of recognizing it, (Yes they're in denial) they tend to call others who aren't even close to a poser a 'Poser'. Pretty much, someone who believes they qualify for that certain label, but can't pull it off.
"Man, I'm Scene!" "Um, no, coon tail clip-ons and a BMTH shirt is not Scene, shut the fuck up, you Poser."
by underjam7 May 15, 2010

Someone that claims to carry a pocket knife for protection/self defense instead of for the real reason they carry one, to look/sound/feel tough/strong/powerful.
The dorky poser with the glasses stabbed her boyfriend 16 times to have something to show for her not being the same chicken shit people knew her as when she was a kid, and thought that the jury wouldn't see right through her, and support her self-defense testimony. They knew she wasn't really the hardass she was portraying herself as, though she was a bully like any other.
by The Original Agahnim November 30, 2021

by bread infection November 25, 2009

a poser is someone who acts upon something they’re not, mostly just for attention or to look good. sarah is a fake surfer girl, jeep girl, chill girl, and fake trendy girl. she claims she’s been a great fan of classic rock forever but can’t name 5 songs from led zep, calls herself a “dead head” but didn’t know what it was until mentioned and can’t name at least 3 dead songs, and is also buying posters to put in her early 2000s aqua room made for 5th graders already filled with printed out darren criss pics and palm tree paintings. and yet worst of all. she is 19, and still didn’t know what weed cigs looked like, and STILL oh god i hate to say it... a virgin😬😬😬
by peniscondomsdepression July 21, 2019

by 666satanlovesDrphil666 October 27, 2018
